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The online rental service today confirmed that they are in contact with the host and have removed the guest from the site.

The exclusive event started late on Saturday night and did not finish until after 7am on Sunday morning.

After the party, a neighbour spotted a man in his late 20s walking to his car as he counted dozens of £20 and £50 notes.

Gareth Robertson, 69, said: 'There were a lot of people sitting and leaning against the railings and the music was blaring.

'Their windows were open and they seemed to have a professional sound system and the music just went 'thump, thump, thump'.

The maisonette in Maida Vale, north west London, was full of revellers who kept neighbours up during the 'all-night rave' which sounded 'like Notting Hill Carnival'

One neighbour wrote on Twitter that those who attended the party were 'throwing bottles' and that her baby had been kept awake all night

Another Twitter user questioned how the posh area of London had become so 'ghetto' following the incident

Bill Earner said the rave was attended by more than 100 people and went on until 7.30am

Another resident said: 'Did you see the size of the speaker?' He said there were complaints and police turned up at 4.30am

'It was a night of completely wasted sleep. In the morning there were hundreds of these metal canisters used for laughing gas in the road.

'This guy came out with a wad of £20 and £50 notes, he was counting them. It must have been hundreds.

'He was wearing jeans below his bottom and a tracksuit underneath. He had a white BMW with no number plate on the front but one on the back.

'It was one of two white BMW's that were parked outside all night.'

People were seen spilling out onto the street and shouting on the balcony, but Westminster Council claimed the party was 'too big' to be shut down.

The property is owned by author Heidi Kingstone (pictured), 59, former wife of newspaper magnate David Montgomery, who was in Lisbon at the time

One mother, who did not want to to be named, said: 'We complained to the council at about 3am and they told us it had been rented through Airbnb and that the landlord knew about it and was coming back to deal with it.

'It started at around midnight and went on until about 7am, the music was reggae and hip-hop, it sounded like Notting Hill carnival.

'I had no sleep at all and neither did my baby. I complained to the council at 3am, they said there were too many people and it was too big a party for the noise pollution team to shut down on their own.

'They called the police but they were not interested. I looked out my window and there were more than 100 people at the first floor flat with the balcony doors open.

'I was really frustrated, I didn't think there could be anything this loud or this big around here.'

A cleaner for the apartment, who also did not want to be named, said: 'It is not very bad, they did not damage anything particularly.'

Several hours after the party finished on Sunday morning the council had a team of street cleaners began clearing up dozens of bottles and broken glass.

Another resident complained to the landlady after being woken up shortly after midnight on Saturday night.

The neighbour said: 'There were some beautiful girls going in, some of them were amazing.

'I think they had a bouncer too, or at least a minder who was showing people where to go.

'People were pulling up in really fancy cars all night and shouting 'this is it, this must be the place'.

Those who attended the all-night rave polished off expensive alcohol including Luc Belaire Rose bottles which cost £172 each

'They weren't bad kids, they were just having a party.

'But on Sunday morning when the council arrived to clean up the mess some of the organisers were waiting around for an Uber to take the sound system away.

'I think it was a professional job. The flat costs around £300-a-night so maybe people were paying at the door.'

He added: 'I texted her (the landlady) and said look this is just not on.

'But it's Airbnb's fault, they do not vet those who try and rent out properties so something like this is bound to happen.'

A Westminster City Council spokesperson said: 'Our noise team responded to a number of complaints in the early hours of Sunday morning at Warrington Crescent.

'Due to the number of people present and nature of activity our officers reported the incident to the police.

'We will be in contact with the landlord and Airbnb to highlight our concerns. Local residents should not have to put up with this level of disruption.'

Airbnb have since condemned the party and claimed that they have removed the guest from the website.

A spokesman said: 'We have zero tolerance for this kind of behaviour. We are supporting the host and have removed the guest from Airbnb.

'There have been over 180 million guest arrivals in Airbnb listings and negative incidents like this are incredibly rare.'